Pakistan arrests accused mastermind of Mumbai attacks

FILE PHOTO: Hafiz Saeed, head of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa organisation and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET), gestures while addressing his supporters during a protest in support of Saudi Arabia over its intervention in Yemen, in Islamabad April 9, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan authorities on Wednesday arrested Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on terror finance charges, a spokesman for the chief minister of Punjab province said.

The arrest came days before a visit to Washington by Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has vowed to crack down on militant groups operating in Pakistan.